Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem, PJ Harvey, Tame Impala, The Last Shadow Puppets, Sigur Rós y Brian Wilson interpretando 'Pet sounds', la obra maestra de los Beach Boys, encabezan el cartel del Primavera Sound 2016.
También destacan entre los artistas confirmados Beach House, el cineasta John Carpenter, Animal Collective, Suede, Julia Holter, Destroyer, Manel, Robert Forster, Holly Herndon, Beirut, Kamasi Washington, todos con celebrados discos publicados en 2015 o con novedades que se publican este año.
Otros nombres interesantes son los de Cass McCombs, Venom, Richard Hawley, Explosiones Sky, Floating Points, Air, Moderat, Cabaret Voltaire, Ben Watt (Everything but the Girl) con Bernard Buttler (Suede), Dinosaur Jr., Orchestra Baobab, The James Hunter Six, Jay Rock, The Chills, Daughter, Pantha Du Prince, Savages, Protomartyr, Psychic TV, Thee Oh Sees, Tortoise, Vince Staples, Younghusband y triunfadores de la anterior edición del Primavera Club, Empress Of, Shura, Deradoorian, U.S. Girls y Lubomyr Melnyk,
Aparte de Manel, la nómina de grupos locales y estatales la completan Los Chichos, PXXR GVNG, Doble Pletina, Die Katapult, El Último Vecino, Grupo de Expertos Solynieve, Esperit!, Inspira, Joana Serrat, Alberto Montero, Ran Ran Ran, The Saurs, Univers, Aliment, Carla, Wind Atlas, Invisible Harvey, Cala Vento, Fasenuova, Pacosan, Pájaro Jack y Power burkas.
Tampoco faltan Shellac.
La lista completa de grupos y artistas confirmados es la siguiente:
+++, Action Bronson, Air, Alberto Montero, Alessandro Cortini, Alex G, Algiers, Aliment, Andy Shauf, Angel Witch, Animal Collective, Autolux, Autumn Comets, Baby Dee, Bardo Pond, Barry Hogan DJ, Battles, Baywaves, Beach House, Beach Slan, Beak>, Bearoid, Beirut, Ben Watt band feat. Bernard Butler, Big Summer, Black Lips, Boredoms, Bradford Cox, Brian Wilson performing Pet Sounds, C+C=Maxigross, C. Tangana, Cabaret Voltaire, Cadena, Cala Vento, Car Seat Headrest, Carla, Cass McCombs, Cavern of Anti-Matter, Chairlift, The Chills, DJ Coco, Current 93, Dam-Funk, Daniel Gon, Daughter, Dave P, Deerhunter, Deradoorian, Destroyer, Die Katapult, Dinosaur Jr., Doble Pletina, Downtown Boys Drive Like Jehu, Dungen, El Último Vecino, Empress Of, Esperit!, Evian Christ, Explosions in the sky, Fasenuova, Floating Points, Freddie Gibbs, Goat, Grupo de Expertos Solynieve, The Handclappers, Har Mar Superstar, H09909, Holly Herndon, Holögrama, Hudson Mohawke (DJ Set), Inspira, Invisible Harvey, Islam Chipsy & Eek, The James Hunter Six, Jay Rock, Jenny Hval, Jessy Lanza, Joana Serrat, John Carpenter, Julia Holter, Julien Baker, Kamasi Washington, Kiasmos, DJ Koze, The Last Shadow Puppets, LCD Soundsystem, Loop, Los Chichos, Lubomyr Melnyk, Maceo Plex, Manel, Mar Otra Vez, Mbongwana Star, Moderat, Mueran Humanos, My Expansive Awareness, Nao, Neil Michael Hagerty & The Howling Hex, Neon Indian, Nothing Places, Old King Cole Younger, Optimo (Espacio), Orchestra Baobab, Pacosan, Pájaro Jack, Pantha Du Prince, Parquet Courts, PJ Harvey, Power Burkas, Protomartyr, Psychic TV /PTV3, Pumuky, Pusha T, PXXR GVNG, Radiohead, Ran Ran Ran, Redthread, DJ Richard, Richard Dawson, Richard Hawley, Robert Forster, Roosevelt, Royal Headache, The Saurs, Savages, Selda feat. Boom Pam, SG Lewis, Sheer Mag, Shellac, Shinkiro, Shura, Siberian Wolves, Sigur Rós, Six Organs of Admittance, Steve Gunn, Suede, Suuns, Tame Impala, Thee Oh Sees, Titus Andronicus, Tortoise, Twin Drama, Ty Segall & The Muggers, U.S.Girls, Univers, Unsane, Venom, Vince Staples, Viva Belgrado, White Fence, White Reaper, Wild Nothing, Wind Atlas, Younghusband.